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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• sweep (subs.):
    1. I. One who sweeps: qui verrit: *qui scopis purgat aliquid: a chimney-s., *qui fuliginem camini detergit.
    2. II. A circuit:
      1. 1. circuĭtus, ūs, m.: the s. of a hill, collis circuitus, Caes. B. G. 7, 88.
      2. 2. flexus, ūs, m.: Germany extends northward with a vast s., Germania in septentrionem ingenti flexu redit, Tac. G. 35.
      3. 3. ambĭtus, ūs, m.: the moon revolves with shorter s. than the sun, ambitu breviore currit luna quam sol, Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 86.
    3. III. The sweep of a weapon (space commanded by it): teli jactus, Virg. Aen. 11, 608.